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Memorable rendition of "St James Infirmary" by Cab Calloway
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- 2005-03-11 05:59:38
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- black and white
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- bb_snow_white
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Reviewer:
Poohbah70
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July 5, 2019
Subject: Great
Subject: Great
A great Betty Boop cartoon with Koko and Bimbo. Added attraction is "St. James Infirmary" sung by Cab Calloway. And, check out the wonderful background
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tableaux in the "Mystery Tunnel."
Reviewer:
Justin Tai
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August 12, 2018
Subject: Fab
Subject: Fab
Great little old clasdic cartoon. I enjoyed watching it.
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Tim Crow
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January 26, 2014 (edited)
Subject: Awesome!
Subject: Awesome!
Cab Calloway and Betty Boop are always a great combination.
This one is so surreal with the transformations that it makes me think of Jim Woodring's creations ... (http://www.jimwoodring.com/).
This one is so surreal with the transformations that it makes me think of Jim Woodring's creations ... (http://www.jimwoodring.com/).
Reviewer:
t43700
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January 5, 2013
Subject: excellent
Subject: excellent
sound is mixed a little low, but excellent.
Reviewer:
guszti
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December 10, 2012
Subject: music i also looking for
Subject: music i also looking for
There is an old army song, called "Ugye gondolsz néha rám" which is maybe the same like that one, before "St James Infirmary". It is not sure to be the
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same, but it's nice. It is also performed by diva Karády Katalin.
Reviewer:
2JAKES
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January 23, 2011 (edited)
Subject: Name of the tune? FOUND !
Subject: Name of the tune? FOUND !
December 2016.
I finally was able to locate the tune that is played after Betty who is tied to the tree finishes singing "I'm Always in the Way".
It's ... a lively instrumental that is played as she falls down the snow.
There after Cab Calloway's "St. James Infirmary" comes on.
But it was the instrumental that had me puzzled if it was only a background instrumental by the orchestra.
The name of this song is called, 'PLEASE" (1932) By Will Osborne & His Orchestra.
I finally was able to locate the tune that is played after Betty who is tied to the tree finishes singing "I'm Always in the Way".
It's ... a lively instrumental that is played as she falls down the snow.
There after Cab Calloway's "St. James Infirmary" comes on.
But it was the instrumental that had me puzzled if it was only a background instrumental by the orchestra.
The name of this song is called, 'PLEASE" (1932) By Will Osborne & His Orchestra.
Reviewer:
BoopBoopaddoop
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October 8, 2009
Subject: lol.. you people below me are a bit crazy aint you?
Subject: lol.. you people below me are a bit crazy aint you?
Downloaded 122,412 times which is alot
snow white is the most populer betty boop cartoon, its proberly mainly remembered becuse disneys snow white was ... released right after
this cartoon is surreal and is a majorly great cartoon
betty boops step mother is jelouse of betty boops looks and wants betty boop to be beheaded, but she fails in the end.
and betty boop and her boyfriend bimbo and koko the clown dance in a circle
snow white is the most populer betty boop cartoon, its proberly mainly remembered becuse disneys snow white was ... released right after
this cartoon is surreal and is a majorly great cartoon
betty boops step mother is jelouse of betty boops looks and wants betty boop to be beheaded, but she fails in the end.
and betty boop and her boyfriend bimbo and koko the clown dance in a circle
Reviewer:
hugozoom
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September 6, 2009
Subject: awesome!
Subject: awesome!
It's a pity the sound quality is so poor, and I'll admit it screams out for color, but this is incredibly inventive animation. Too bad some can't appreciate
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it. Maybe because there weren't any car-chases.
Reviewer:
Rod-Iron
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August 31, 2009
Subject: WTF?
Subject: WTF?
What was that I just watched? I've never seen a Betty Boop cartoon before and after seeing that I can't imagine why I or anyone else would want to see
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another one! Man they must have really been desparate for entertainment back in those days.
Reviewer:
Blade_Runner
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July 3, 2009
Subject: Great short... something wrong with mpeg2
Subject: Great short... something wrong with mpeg2
Love Snow White... however when I put the mpeg2 to dvd the sound becomes unsynched... Anyone know how to correct this
I also copied some of the other ... Betty Boop shorts to dvd and they work fine.
I also copied some of the other ... Betty Boop shorts to dvd and they work fine.
Reviewer:
FDO Andy
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April 30, 2008
Subject: What is the Music? After 'Please' - and before 'St James Infirmary'
Subject: What is the Music? After 'Please' - and before 'St James Infirmary'
This is an amazing cartoon and as with many of the Betty B cartoons, incorporates extracts from popular hits of the day. I can identify most numbers,
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but if anyone can tell me what the music is after 'Please' (Betty/Koko/Bimbo evade execution)and before Cab Calloway(Koko) singing 'St. James Infirmary'.
This tune accompanies Snow White/Betty as she cascades down hill in the ice coffin. This tune is familiar to me but I can't identify it. Vaguely Hungarian/gipsy perhaps, but may be wrong.
This tune accompanies Snow White/Betty as she cascades down hill in the ice coffin. This tune is familiar to me but I can't identify it. Vaguely Hungarian/gipsy perhaps, but may be wrong.
Reviewer:
mdebutante
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April 5, 2008
Subject: Cab Calloway!!!
Subject: Cab Calloway!!!
Awesome!
Reviewer:
pooooolki
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October 23, 2007
Subject: How are you?
Subject: How are you?
You will be much better after you watch Betty!
Reviewer:
canam101
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April 9, 2007 (edited)
Subject: Roland Crandall was a brilliant surrealist
Subject: Roland Crandall was a brilliant surrealist
The Fleischer brothers were second-rate compared to Disney, but they had the brains to hire Crandall who made the Snow White cartoon what it is.
Did Crandall ... do any more of that sort of work, or did the Fleischers just have others copy his ideas?
Did Crandall ... do any more of that sort of work, or did the Fleischers just have others copy his ideas?
Reviewer:
Abe in NYC
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December 10, 2006
Subject: WARNING - ToonCast videos have pre-roll and border
Subject: WARNING - ToonCast videos have pre-roll and border
Dear all:
Please be advised that the ToonCast versions of these videos (in QuickTime format) all have an added border advertising the ToonCast site, and ... two out of three have an added pre-roll with a big red "more" (at ToonCast)!
Please be advised that the ToonCast versions of these videos (in QuickTime format) all have an added border advertising the ToonCast site, and ... two out of three have an added pre-roll with a big red "more" (at ToonCast)!
Reviewer:
tooncast
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November 2, 2006
Subject: audio solution
Subject: audio solution
Vintage ToonCast has a download for this classic that has flawless audio...
Reviewer:
linseed
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February 19, 2006
Subject: Incredible
Subject: Incredible
I just saw this for the first time the other day and must have watched it a dozen times. Cab Calloway is beyond impressive. His musical number is so haunting
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and the rotoscoped animation sequence with the song is amazing. it is just so inventive and surreal. I'm just stunned by how hip these pre-code cartoons are.
Reviewer:
ihor oid
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November 7, 2005
Subject: snow white - audio portion
Subject: snow white - audio portion
the video portion is transferred just fine, but the audio is set to some dismally LOW level of 1 out 10, so one does NOT get to enjoy the vocal antics
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of betty boop or cab calloway.
I-) ihor
I-) ihor
Reviewer:
Valpy
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September 6, 2005
Subject: St James Infirmary Blues
Subject: St James Infirmary Blues
I've read of two conflicting reports of the song's origins.
One says that the song originates from an 18th century English ballad "The Unfortunate Rake". ... About a person dying of syphilis on the stairs of St. James Hospital ("As I lay dying on the stairs of St. James Hospital"). SOURCE: http://robwalker.net/html_docs/letterthirteen.html
The other says that Cab Calloway's wailing rendition of St. James Infirmary adds a dark and sinister undercurrent to the old Snow White story, a juxtaposition especially of interest because the song is supposed to be about a girl who died of a cocaine overdose, and "snow" is another name for cocaine. Leslie Cabarga has suggested that the Fleischers were unaware of the significance of this and the other songs that Cab performed for Betty Boop cartoons, but the cave imagery suggests that the animator, at least, knew what was going on. SOURCE: http://www.heptune.com/snowwhit.html
Valpy
One says that the song originates from an 18th century English ballad "The Unfortunate Rake". ... About a person dying of syphilis on the stairs of St. James Hospital ("As I lay dying on the stairs of St. James Hospital"). SOURCE: http://robwalker.net/html_docs/letterthirteen.html
The other says that Cab Calloway's wailing rendition of St. James Infirmary adds a dark and sinister undercurrent to the old Snow White story, a juxtaposition especially of interest because the song is supposed to be about a girl who died of a cocaine overdose, and "snow" is another name for cocaine. Leslie Cabarga has suggested that the Fleischers were unaware of the significance of this and the other songs that Cab performed for Betty Boop cartoons, but the cave imagery suggests that the animator, at least, knew what was going on. SOURCE: http://www.heptune.com/snowwhit.html
Valpy
Reviewer:
judeblack, bbc
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May 16, 2005
Subject: Who needs Disney??!
Subject: Who needs Disney??!
We've got Betty, Koko, Bimbo, enough surrealism to satisfy Salvadore Dali and best of all, we have the great Cab Calloway! I joined this website just so
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I could hear Cab Calloway and I don't understand why he isn't as highly praised as Ellington and Armstrong. Don't let Cab go, bless him! Scat sing his praises or better yet, recommend this site to all your friends and relations.
Reviewer:
Little Nemo
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April 13, 2005 (edited)
Subject: This is the one
Subject: This is the one
Sheer brilliance - along with Betty Boop MD and Betty in Blunderland, one of the most inventive, surreal, downright enjoyable Bettys. This one was recognised
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by European critics in the book Film: Critics' Choice. Like M.D., it's totally psychedelic - a puff of the God-given green stuff goes delightfully well with this confection of Fleischer's crazed mind.
Betty looks hot in her final, glorious pre-code year.
thanks Archive! (Donate, everyone!)
Betty looks hot in her final, glorious pre-code year.
thanks Archive! (Donate, everyone!)
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